How to Root Innjoo Max 2 and Install TWRP Recovery

Innjoo Max 2 is a portable android device that features a 5.0 inches screen display, 16M color, 720 x 1280 pixels resolution, 13MP rear camera, and 8MP front snapper with dual LED flash beside the rear camera. The smartphone runs on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop out of the box, which is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek chipset, coupled with a 1GB RAM and a 16GB internal storage.

Rooting the Innjoo Max 2 device is of great importance, as you’ll be able to run special apps like Greenify (best optimizer & battery saver app), tweak dark corners of your device and also manage RAM. However, we tried most popular root exploit like kingroot, framaroot, root genius and some other android root apps, but none avail. Thanks to team hovatek, as they managed to port TWRP Recovery for Innjoo Max 2, which makes rooting possible.

In this guide, I would brief you guys on how to install TWRP Recovery on Innjoo Max 2 using SP flash tools and then rooting follows.

How to Install TWRP Recovery on Innjoo Max 2

Step 1: First download the recovery zip file from here, and then extract the “Recovery.img” and “MT6580_Android_Scatter.txt” file to the desktop screen of your computer or create a folder and extract to it, as seen in the image below.

Step 2: Now, power off your device, and remove the battery if possible.

Step 3: Next, download the SP Flash tool, and extract the files to your computer. You should get the following files as seen below, after extraction.

Step 4: From the extracted files, open Flash_tool.exe

Step 5: Once the flash tool is launched, then click on the download/upgrade tab and click on scatter loading button

Step 6: Now, locate the “MT6580_Android_Scatter.txt” file, which is on your desktop.

Step 7: After that, click download to begin flashing process.

Step 8: Immediately, connect your device (without battery if possible) to your computer via USB cable, and press Volume Down or up key, so it would be detected easily by your computer.

Step 9: The Flashing process would be in progress, and a Green button would appear once the process is completed.